Jersey City firefighters get injured driver out of overturned minivan on Jersey Avenue

Jersey City firefighters extricated a driver from a minivan yesterday when the vehicle overturned on Jersey Avenue near 12th Street.

The report of the overturned minivan near the Holland Tunnel plaza came in at 12:20 p.m., Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman said.

The 48-year-old driver of the 2004 Ford Windstar told Port Authority police he was driving on Jersey Avenue between 12th and 14th streets when the vehicle lost all power, causing him to lose control of the minivan, Coleman said.

It slammed into a concrete barrier and overturned, officials said.

The driver, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center with injuries, Coleman said.

Jersey Avenue, between 12th and 14th streets, was closed for about two hours due to the investigation, he said.